# afoot vs afoul

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### afoot
*adverb · IPA /əˈfʊt/ · frequency rank #33,110*
On foot. (means of locomotion, walking)

### afoul
*adverb · IPA /əˈfaʊl/ · frequency rank #45,192*
In a state of collision or entanglement.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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